Are You For Or Against Rebranding The Wizards?

And if you’re against, why?

Because there are a number of teams in Major League Soccer that are wallpaper. Some teams are the new entertainment center (New York). Some are the fully-featured entertainment center (Seattle). Some are digital projector with HDMI out (Los Angeles).

Kansas City is a panel of wallpaper. I’m not [...]

Inside the Six, #70: MLS Marketing, Cup of Nations

Once Major League Soccer gets beyond its current labor problems, the league faces a series of marketing challenges that are currently holding back some of its oldest franchises. Red Bull New York, for example, continues to struggle penetrating a fractured New York market.

To talk about that and the other challenges facing Red Bull New [...]

Inside the Six #69: Beckham’s Loan and RBNY’s Draft Aspirations

In Wednesday’s episode of Inside the Six, I am joined by Jared Dubois – who talked about the loan of David Beckham from Major League Soccer/Los Angeles Galaxy to AC Milan in the Serie A – and Mark Fishkin – who talked about Red Bull New York’s prospects for Wednesday’s MLS Superdraft.

Along the way, I [...]

Inside the Six, Ep. #55: Wise Family Preview, MLS-Style

On Episode #55 of Inside the Six, I welcome back Jordan Wise to the show. Jordan’s previous audio problems in mind, I had to have a back-up plan, so joining him was the boss of the Wise household, Christine Wise. In what was one of my most fun hours on Inside the Six, [...]

SPA Podcast (11/16/2009, Part 1): Major League Soccer Review

In part one of Monday’s Set Piece Analysts podcast, Jeff Kassouf joins regulars Johnathan Starling, Kartik Krishnaiyer, and myself to talk Major League Soccer, with a little United States Men’s National Team talk mixed-in. We talk about the conference finals, the lack of scoring, the quality play that was on display, and what we [...]

Inside the Six, Ep. #51: Weekend Wrap-up

The Monday edition of Inside the Six recaps a vital weekend in international football. Three more invitations to World Cup 2010 were handed out, with six more to be given out on Wednesday. We go through the results and highlights from matches in Europe, Africa, New Zealand and Costa Rica as we move [...]

Inside the Six, Ep. #50: Part Two of WCQ Previews, MLS Conference Finals Preview

In the 50th (yep, already at 50) episode of Inside the Six, we continue looking forward to an exciting and important weekend of international football.

Dave Trotter from FrenchLeague.WordPress.com – who I suppose we can call our France correspondent – talks to me about the Ireland-France match-up in the UEFA playoffs.

In the second segment, Chris Riordan [...]

Inside the Six, Ep. #45: They Say Two Rants Don't Make It Right

The 45th episode of Inside the Six sees me come out of my presenter’s shell to rant about Robert Warzycha and Dutch football fanboys. What do the two have in common? Only timing, as they concern this episode. With the Columbus Crew being surprisingly eliminated from the MLS playoffs and a few [...]

Inside the Six, Ep. #44: Soccernet, MLSNet's Steve Davis

On Thursday I welcome Steve Davis to Inside the Six. Steve covers the domestic game and national team for Soccernet, MLSNet, and his blog Daily Soccer Fix. He joins as the second leg of Major League Soccer’s conference semi-finals start with Real Salt Lake going to Columbus. We talk about the first [...]

Inside the Six, Episode #40: MLS, Red Bull with Daniel Feuerstein

On the 40th episode of Inside the Six, I was joined by Major League Soccer Talk’s Daniel Feuerstein. We talked about the last Red Bull match in Giants Stadium, what Red Bull Arena means to the club, the direction of Major League Soccer, and the situation surrounding the United Soccer Leagues.

You can get [...]